Ethnic differentials in mental health needs and service utilization among persons with cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2217-2221

  Nakash, Ora ^a   Nagar, Maayan ^a   Mandel, Rachel ^b   Alon, Shirly ^c   Gottfried, Maya ^c   Levav, Itzhak ^d  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archival study; Cancer; Ethnicity; Israel; Mental health

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARAB; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH NEED; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865197781     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1485-9     Document Type: Review

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